After over three months of
procrastination, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday inaugurated its
disciplinary committee, with former minister of transport in the Second
Republic, Alhaji Umaru Dikko, appearing in person to accept the responsibility
of heading the committee.
Dikko was named chairman of the
commit-tee since July but was not able to show up for the committee to be
inaugurated as he was out of the country for medical treatment.
But the former minister came back to the country three weeks ago and doused appre-hensions over his capacity to take up the respon-sibility on health grounds, saying he was ready to take up the responsibility.
The former minister made good his pro-mise yesterday when he appeared for the inau-guration though he appeared frail and spoke with a voice that was just above whisper.
National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who inaugurated the seven-man committee that has another former minister, Ebenezer Babatope as vice chairman, said members of the committee were selected because of their track record and love for discipline.
Tukur who recalled the attempt to abduct Dikko during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari, said the attempt was because the military felt Dikko was championing the cause of democracy even outside Nigeria. He said the choice of Dikko as the chairman of the committee was informed by his readiness to defend democracy.
“You were chosen for this important com-mittee based on your past record and love for democracy. The members were well selected and they cannot be bought,” he stated.
The PDP national chairman said the com-mittee would not witch-hunt anyone, but would apply disciplinary measures on erring members of the party. Dikko, who spoke on behalf of the committee members, assured the party that they would do whatever is necessary to move the party forward.
Other members of the committee include Chief Ebenezer Babatope, deputy chairman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Shuaibu Oye-dokun, Hajiya Nana Aisha Quadir, Hussaini Kazaer and Onwe Solomon Onwe as secretary.
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who spoke with newsmen after the inauguration, explained that the committee is not about G-7 governors as nobody has filed any petition against any of them.
He explained that no disciplinary measure has been contemplated against the governors but said the party leadership has rather been meeting on how to reconcile them with the party stressing that some of the aggrieved members and the governors were founding members of the party.
In the case of Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who is currently on suspension from the party, Metuh exonerated the party from his predicament, saying it was not the party that took the Rivers governor to court.
But the former minister came back to the country three weeks ago and doused appre-hensions over his capacity to take up the respon-sibility on health grounds, saying he was ready to take up the responsibility.
The former minister made good his pro-mise yesterday when he appeared for the inau-guration though he appeared frail and spoke with a voice that was just above whisper.
National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who inaugurated the seven-man committee that has another former minister, Ebenezer Babatope as vice chairman, said members of the committee were selected because of their track record and love for discipline.
Tukur who recalled the attempt to abduct Dikko during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari, said the attempt was because the military felt Dikko was championing the cause of democracy even outside Nigeria. He said the choice of Dikko as the chairman of the committee was informed by his readiness to defend democracy.
“You were chosen for this important com-mittee based on your past record and love for democracy. The members were well selected and they cannot be bought,” he stated.
The PDP national chairman said the com-mittee would not witch-hunt anyone, but would apply disciplinary measures on erring members of the party. Dikko, who spoke on behalf of the committee members, assured the party that they would do whatever is necessary to move the party forward.
Other members of the committee include Chief Ebenezer Babatope, deputy chairman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Shuaibu Oye-dokun, Hajiya Nana Aisha Quadir, Hussaini Kazaer and Onwe Solomon Onwe as secretary.
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who spoke with newsmen after the inauguration, explained that the committee is not about G-7 governors as nobody has filed any petition against any of them.
He explained that no disciplinary measure has been contemplated against the governors but said the party leadership has rather been meeting on how to reconcile them with the party stressing that some of the aggrieved members and the governors were founding members of the party.
In the case of Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who is currently on suspension from the party, Metuh exonerated the party from his predicament, saying it was not the party that took the Rivers governor to court.
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Pdp keep deceiving yourselves,na today he don te wen ona dey deceive but soon ur time to leave dat power house will come 4 a better party dat is ready to bring a change to d life of Nigerians
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